Improvement in gas-distributers



J.' R. SHIRLEY. GAS DISTRIBUTERS.

310.177,965; meme@ May 30,1876.

WITNESS ES l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

J OHN R. SHIRLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-DISTRIBUTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,965, dated May 30,1876 application filed April 25, 1876.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I,`JOHN R. SHIRLEY, of the city of Providence, State ofRhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements inGas-Distributers; and I here- -by declare that the following i`s a full,clear,

regulated or be entirely shut oft'. Itis de.

signed to control the use of gas in dwellinghouses, hotels,manufacturing establishments, gas-stoves, or other places where a numberof' burners or a number of systems of burners are used.

In a dwelling-house the dist-ributer may be placed in any convenientpartof the house, and, if desired, in a locked-up box. It will beconnected by one main pipe with the gas-meter,l

and from the distributer branches will be carried to the differentstories, or, if desired, to

i the different rooms.

If the gas-distributer is thus placed in the v hall or the office of thebuilding, the gas can be readily shut of from any part of the building',and no person can use gas without the consent of the owner, nor willthere be any loss from leakage in the part so shut oli'. If used on agas-stove, or other similar device requiring more than one burner attimes, the gas is connected with the distributcr, and is let onto orshut off from any one of the burners by the slide regulating the supplyfor that burner, all the slides' being in one convenient place, readilyaccessible, thus doing away with the numerous cocks now required.

In the drawings, a is the main inlet-pipe by which the gas is supplied.b is the distributing chamber, provided with a number of by screws,Vsothat the same may be readily re moved. TheA slides c care arrangedand bedded between the nipple-plate and the distributing-chamber, so asto make gas-tight joints. d d' are the screw-nipples, to-Which the pipesleading to thedii'erent burners are secured. E E are two washers, madeof leather, rubber, orother suitable material. These washers have holespunched, or otherwise formed, corresponding with lthe holes in thedistributingchamber and nipple-plate. These washers E E form a packing,and secure a gas-tight joint, while the slides c c are allowed to slidefreely in and out. The whole forms a simple, cheap, and efficientarrangement, by which gas can be-readily distributed 4to any number ofburners or system of burners, and thus each may be readily controlled.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent- Y 1. The combination, with the distributingchamber11, of the nipple plate d, and 'the slides cc, arranged substantially asand for the purpose described.

' 2. In a gas distributer, the combination, with the inlet-pipe a andnipple-plate d, of the distributing-chamber b, and the slides c c,arranged to distribute and regulate the gas to any required number ofburners or system of burners, substantially as. and for the purposespecified.

JOHN It. SHIRLEY.

Witnesses:

JosEPH A. MILLER, G. B. BAERoWs.

